For through wondering human beings now and in the beginning have been led to philosophizing.

We are better able to study our neighbours than ourselves, and their actions than our own.

A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few.

No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.

The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.

No one chooses what does not rest with himself, but only what he thinks can be attained by his own act.

The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to forget them.